Radio – Washington (D.C.) -- University of the District of Columbia;
WUDC

WUDC was a 4,000-watt station, licensed to the University of the District of Columbia – hence the call letters – WUDC. UDC had to sell its radio station to raise the money it needed as an educational institution. WUDC was never a financial...

District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings

Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...

William Mahone was a railroad engineer, a Confederate General, and a hero in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. After the Civil War he was one of the people who helped establish the Readjuster Party. The Party's support of the public...

Two Years After the Close of the Civil War, Saint Augustine’s Normal School and Collegiate Was Incorporated in July, 1867. The School Opened in January 1868 at the Union Army Barracks on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, But Known Then as Camp...

Thomas Rutling was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1854. His father and brother were sold away from him before he was two years old. He stated on the plantation until 1865, when he moved to Nashville and soon after went to Fisk.

This building was located in New Orleans between Magazine and Soniat Streets. The original site for Southern University was in an old building on Calliope Street (No. 158) in New Orleans in 1881. This building had previously housed the Hebrew...

The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is December 1899, no. 105.

District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings

The Truesdale School, named in honor of George Truesdell, a one-time Commissioner of the DC, is located at Eighth and Ingraham Streets, NW, in Washington, DC. For several years, it was the laboratory school of Wilson Teachers College. After Wilson...

The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is January 1895, no. 70.

The Third Principal of Saint Augustine's College Was the Reverend Robert Bean Sutton, Ph.D., Who Was a Priest and Medical Doctor Prior to His Becoming the School's Head. The Lyman Building Was Completed During His Administration. This Building Was...

The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friend and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is December 1904, no. 150.

The interim committee was formulated after the resignation of Dr. Massie on February 1, 1966 to handle the administration of the college. The members left to right are Mr. William Jones, business manager; Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, graduate dean; and...

The home was built by Henry Johnson in 1865 after the end of the Civil War on Rome Street in Petersburg, VA. Henry Johnson had been born a slave on the old Fleet Plantation, now the site of Virginia State University. The house is still standing.

The Fabulous Richard "Skull" Barnett, Named to Five All-Tournament Teams During the Season as Well to UP's and AP's All-America Teams Accepts Chuck Taylor's "Most Valuable Player" Award From the Man, Himself After NAIA Tournament Play.

The DC Board of Higher Education appointed Dr. Frank Farner as the first President of Federal City College. Dr. Farner had been recruited by Sen. Morse. Dr. Farner served from September 1968 through 1969. After leaving FCC, he went on to become...